What are the intercepts for $y = - \frac{2}{3} x - 12$ $y= - 2/3x - 12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-23T01:05:50

x-intercept is: $x = - 18$ $x=-18$
y-intercept is: $y = - 12$ $y=-12$

$y = - \frac{2}{3} x - 12$ $y= - 2/3x - 12$

This is in the slope point form $y = m x + b$ $y=mx+b$ , m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

$m = - \frac{2}{3}$ $m=-2/3$

$b = - 12$ $b = -12$

So y-intercept is: $y = - 12$ $y=-12$

to find the x-intercept set $y = 0$ $y=0$ and solve for $x$ $x$ :

$0 = - \frac{2}{3} x - 12$ $0= - 2/3x - 12$

$12 = - \frac{2}{3} x$ $12= - 2/3x$

$x = - 18$ $x=-18$

So x-intercept is: $x = - 18$ $x=-18$

graph{- 2/3x - 12 [-29.75, 10.25, -15.12, 4.88]}

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